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24 KANSAS CLASSIFIED

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25 public notices

First published April 17, 2024, in the Marion County Record, Marion, Kansas (3t)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MARION COUNTY, KANSAS

PROBATE DIVISION

In the Matter of the Estate of

SABRA JANE STEVENS, a/k/a

S. JANE STEVENS, Deceased.

Case No. MN-2024-PR-000019

(Filed Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:

You are notified that on April 9, 2024, a Petition for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary Under the Kansas Simplified Estates Act was filed in this Court by Cynthia L. Slater, Executor named in the “Last Will and Testament of Sabra Jane Stevens,” deceased.

All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the estate within 4 months from the date of the first publication of notice under K.S.A 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

Cynthia L. Slater

Petitioner

BROOKENS LAW OFFICE, LLC

J. Robert Brookens Sup. Ct. #09757

403 E. Main, PO Box 293

Marion, KS 66861

(620) 382-2133 Fax: 620-382-8982

email: Bob@BRLawmarioncounty.com

Attorney for the Estate

M-31-32-33-2469

First published April 17, 2024, in the Marion County Record,
Hillsboro Star-Journal, and
Peabody Gazette-Bulletin (3 times)

NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION

A Primary Election will be held August 6, 2024. Candidates for the following offices will be nominated by each political party which has qualified to participate in the Primary Election:

• One candidate for United States House of Representative 2nd District
• One candidate for State Senator 14th District
• One candidate for State Representative, 70th District & 74th District
• One candidate for County Commissioner 2nd District
• One candidate for County Commissioner 3rd District
• One candidate for County Attorney
• One candidate for County Clerk
• One candidate for County Treasurer
• One candidate for County Register of Deeds
• One candidate for County Sheriff
• One candidate for Township Trustee & Treasurer in each Township

The following officers will be elected in each political party which has qualified to participate in the Primary Election:

• One Precinct Committeeman in each Precinct
• One Precinct Committeewoman in each Precinct

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand and cause to be affixed my official seal in Marion, KS, this 12th day of April, 2024

Ashley Herpich

Marion County Election Officer

(SEAL)

A-31-32-33-2464

First published April 17, 2024, in the Marion County Record, Marion, Kansas (2t)

CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 207

A CHARTER ORDINANCE REPEALING CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 194 EXEMPTING THE CITY FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 66-801 ET SEQ., THE KANSAS UNDERGROUND UTILITY DAMAGE PROTECTION ACT.

Be it Ordained by the Governing Body of the City of Ramona, Kansas:

Section 1. The City of Ramona, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Kansas Constitution hereby repeals Charter Ordinance No. 194, exempting the City of Ramona from the Provisions of K.S.A. 66-1801 et seq.

Section 2. This Charter Ordinance shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official city newspaper.

Section 3. This Charter Ordinance shall take effect sixty-one (61) days after the final publication unless a sufficient petition for referendum is filed, requiring a referendum to be held on the Charter Ordinance as provided by Article 12, Section 5, Subsection (c)(3) of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, in which case this Charter Ordinance shall become effective upon approval by the majority of the electors voting thereon.

PASSED BY THE GOVERNING BODY, not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the members voting in favor thereof, this 8th day of April, 2024.

CITY OF RAMONA, KANSAS

/s/Carl Gehrke

Carl Gehrke, Mayor

ATTEST:/s/Angela Sardou

Angela Sardou City Clerk

M-31-32-2467

First published April 17, 2024, in the Peabody Gazette-Bulletin (1 time)

BOARD VACANCY NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 25-2022, of a vacancy in the membership of the Board of Education of Unified School District No. 398, Marion County, Kansas, and that such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the Board of Education for the remainder of the unexpired term or until the next general election not sooner than fifteen (15) days following publication of this notice.

Such vacancy exists by reason of the resignation of Korie Hatton, who represented an at large board member position.

By order of the Board of Education, Unified School District No. 398, Marion County, Kansas, April 10, 2024.

/s/ Lisa Hodges

Clerk, Board of Education

Interested Board Member Candidates

Please pick up or call for an application at:

U.S.D. #398 Central Office

506 Elm

Peabody, KS 66866

Phone: 620-983-2198

Peabody-Bums USD 398 will be taking applications from individuals interested in serving as a board member for the district.

This position is made available upon the resignation of a current board member.

This appointment will serve until the 2025 election at which time the opportunity to continue to serve can be extended with being elected to the board to serve a full term.

USD 398 board meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month beginning at 6:00 p.m.

Those individuals interested in applying need to submit their name and visit with the superintendent for information concerning the position.

P-31-2466

First published April 17, 2024, in the Marion County Record, Marion, Kansas (1t)

ORDINANCE NO. 1509

AN ORDINANCE TO REVISE AND UPDATE THE MARION, KANSAS FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ZONING REGULATIONS BY REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 1430 AND 1432 OF THE CITY OF MARION ZONING ORDINANCE AND INCORPORATING BY REFERENCE NEW FLOODPLAIN ZONING REGULATIONS BASED ON THE MODEL RECOMMENDED BY FEMA AND THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

WHEREAS, in accordance with Kansas Statute, the City of Marion currently regulates and manages floodplain zoning development through its floodplain zoning regulations found in Ordinance 1509 of the City of Marion; and

WHEREAS, in accordance with state and federal law, all such floodplain zoning regulations must be approved by the Chief Engineer of the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Water Resources and must coordinate with the requirements and regulations of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as amended; and

WHEREAS, the Chief Engineer of the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Water Resources and the officials of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region VII have recommended that City of Marion revise its floodplain management zoning regulations and adopt new regulations based upon the recommended model floodplain management regulations;

WHEREAS, upon the recommendation of the City of Marion the Governing Body has determined that is in the best interest of Marion to revise and update the Marion, Kansas floodplain management zoning regulations by repealing the City of Marion current floodplain management zoning regulations and adopting and incorporating by reference new regulations based upon the recommended model floodplain management zoning regulations;

THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF MARION, KANSAS:

SECTION 1.

That Ordinance Number 1430 and Ordinance Number 1432 of the City of Marion is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2.

That the City of Marion, Floodplain Management Ordinance is hereby amended by adding a new Ordinance 1509, of the City of Marion, which reads as follows:

INCORPORATION OF FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ZONING ORDINANCE. Pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 12-3009, 12-3010 and 12-3301, there is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of providing floodplain zoning regulations within the City of Marion, Kansas, all of the zoning regulations contained in that document thereafter known and referred to as the “Floodplain Management Ordinance for the City of Marion, Kansas,” which is based upon and modeled after the Model Floodplain Management Ordinance as approved and recommended by the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region VII and the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Water Resources.

No fewer than three copies of the Floodplain Management Ordinance for the of Marion, Kansas, shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as incorporated by Ordinance No. 1509 of the City of Marion, Kansas,” and such copies shall be filed with the city clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable business hours, provided that such official copies may not be removed from city hall. All City officials requiring the use of the Floodplain Management Ordinance for the City of Marion, Kansas, shall be supplied, at the expense of the City, such number of official copies of such ordinance as may be deemed expedient by the Governing Body.

SECTION 3.

This ordinance shall take effect and be in force as of the date of its passage, approval publication as provided by law.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Governing Body, this 15th day of April, 2024.

Signature/s/Michael Powers

Printed name Michael Powers

Mayor M-31-2471

First published April 17, 2024, in the Marion County Record, Marion, Kansas (1t)

ORDINANCE NO.1510

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MARION, KANSAS EXEMPTING CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO THE TEMPORARY SALE OR CONSUMPTION OF CEREAL MALT BEVERAGES AT DESIGNATED LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1502.

Be it ordained by the Governing Body of the City of Marion, Kansas:

Section 1: The property commonly known as Central/Brooker Park, located a 501 E. Main Street, Marion, Kansas, shall be exempt from the application of Sections 2, 4, and 5 of Ordinance 1248 and Marion City Code 3-104 & 3-105 during the following period; Friday May 31st 2024, 5:00 p.m. through 11:45 p.m. (or end of concert, whichever time is earlier) and Saturday June 1st, 2024, 11:00 a.m. through 11:45 p.m. (or end of concert, whichever time is earlier). It is determined by the Governing Body that the use and proximity of the subject property is not adverse to the public welfare or safety.

Ordinance 1502 is hereby repealed.

This ordinance shall take effect and be in force and after its publication once in the official city newspaper.

Passed and Approved by the Governing Body this 15th day of April, 2024.

/s/Michael Powers

Michael Powers, Mayor

ATTEST:

/s/Janet Robinson

Janet Robinson, City Clerk

M-31-2472

First published April 17, 2024, in the Marion County Record, Marion, Kansas (2t)

Notice of Annual Meeting

Sand Creek Watershed District

To all qualified electors (AG Opinion 88-51) of the Sand Creek Watershed District, notice is hereby given that pursuant to K.S.A. 24-1211, as amended, on the 9th day of May 2024, at 7:00 p.m. an annual meeting of the Sand Creek Watershed Joint District No. 68 will be held at the USDA Service Center 1405 S. Spencer Road, Newton, KS.

The meeting agenda shall include the following business items:

1. The directors of the Sand Creek Watershed District shall make full and due report of their activities and financial affairs since the last annual meeting.

2. They shall conduct an election by secret ballot of qualified electors, there present, of three directors to serve for a term of three years from date of said meeting.

The terms of Tom Cowan, Ed Stahl and Emil Schmidt are expiring.

All in the county of Harvey in the State of Kansas.

By Tom Cowan, Board President

Attest Andrea Hamm, Secretary

M-31-32-2473

First published April 17, 2024, in the Marion County Record, Marion, Kansas (1t)

CITY OF DURHAM CITY COUNCIL

FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

OFFICIAL NOTICE

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN AND TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES:

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, May. 21, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in the Durham Community Center, Durham, Kansas. The City of Durham City Council will hold a public meeting to consider:

(1) Revisions to Floodplain Regulations in Ordinance 2024-01

For more details or to see flood maps in advance of the meeting, call City of Durham, Carla Hein, City Clerk at (620) 877-7389.

IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION (I.E. QUALIFIED INTERPRETER, HEARING ASSISTANCE, ETC.) IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING, PLEASE NOTIFY THE CITY OF DURHAM CLERK (620) 877-7389 NO LATER THAN 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED COMMENCEMENT OF THE MEETING

Certified this 16th, April, 2024

BY: Gene Duke, Mayor

ATTEST: Carla Hein, City Clerk

M-31-2474